Date:	Friday 18 November 1960
Time:
Type:	Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker
Owner/operator:	United States Air Force - USAF
Registration:	56-3605
MSN:	17354/44
Year of manufacture:	1958
Engine model:	Pratt & Whitney J57-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 17
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ) -   United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:	Limestone-Loring AFB, ME (LIZ)

Narrative:
The KC-135 tanker landed nose gear first at an excessive sink rate. This punctured the forward body fuel tank causing a fire.

US Crashes 1950-2002 / Jan van Waarde
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker: More Than Just a Tanker (Aerofax Series) / Robert S Hopkins, III

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